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Wall Street Journal claims 200,000 tablet subscribershttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/mar/11/wallstreetjournal-ipad
<p>The <strong>Wall Street Journal</strong> has added 200,000 paying subscribers via tablets such as the iPad and Kindle, according to <strong>Les Hinton</strong>, head of the newspaper's publisher, Dow Jones.</p><p>He said some 150,000 people have signed up for WSJ's mobile products in the past 12 months alone.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/mar/11/wallstreetjournal-ipad">Continue reading...</a>MediaWall Street JournaliPadKindleNews CorporationLes HintonUS press and publishingDigital mediaUS newsRupert MurdochDow JonesThe DailyTablet computersTechnologyFri, 11 Mar 2011 07:45:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/mar/11/wallstreetjournal-ipadPhotograph: Danny Lawson/PAA man gets to know his new iPad. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PAPhotograph: Danny Lawson/PAA man gets to know his new iPad. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PARoy Greenslade2011-03-11T07:45:00ZRupert Murdoch 'out to lunch' on internet strategy, says Michael Wolffhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/organgrinder/2010/feb/15/michael-wolff-rupert-murdoch-myspace
<p>The New York journalist and author Michael Wolff has a reputation for stirring up trouble – but he knows the inside of Rupert Murdoch's mind about as well as anyone, thanks to the long hours he spent interviewing the mogul for his biography, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Owns-News-Murdoch/dp/0385526121">The Man Who Owns The News</a>.</p><p>Given that MySpace is Murdoch's most well-known online-only property, I thought it was worth talking to Wolff about the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/11/myspace-vannatta">company's troubles</a> – and it proved to be a very interesting conversation indeed.</p><p>Nobody doubts that Murdoch wants to make money from the site. But, considering the facts on the ground, surely the question is not "is this possible" but "why does anyone think he knows how to do it".</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/organgrinder/2010/feb/15/michael-wolff-rupert-murdoch-myspace">Continue reading...</a>MyspaceRupert MurdochInternetSocial networkingMediaTechnologyNews CorporationPaywallsMon, 15 Feb 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/organgrinder/2010/feb/15/michael-wolff-rupert-murdoch-myspacePhotograph: Naljah Feanny/CorbisMichael Wolff. Photograph: Naljah Feanny/CorbisPhotograph: Naljah Feanny/CorbisMichael Wolff. Photograph: Naljah Feanny/CorbisBobbie Johnson, San Francisco2010-02-15T09:30:00ZGoogle could be granted copyright immunity in UK lawhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/jan/12/google-could-be-granted-copyright-immunity
Proposed amendment to the Digital Economy Bill exempts search engines from copyright infringement claims from third parties – Rupert Murdoch presumably included<p> </p><p>Time for Rupert Murdoch to mobilise the lobbyists? Search engines would be exempted in UK law from any liability for copyright infringement, under a remarkable amendment (292) proposed to the <a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2009-10/digitaleconomy.html" title="Digital Economy Bill">Digital Economy Bill</a>.</p><p>"Every provider of a publicly accessible website shall be <strong>presumed to give a standing and non-exclusive license</strong> to providers of search engine services to make a copy of some or all of the content of that website, for the purpose only of providing said search engine services ... </p><p>"A provider of search engine services who acts in accordance with this section <strong>shall not be liable for any breach of copyright</strong>..."</p><p>The presumption (of having an automatic license) may be rebutted by explicit evidence that such a licence was not granted. Such explicit evidence shall be found only in the form of statements in a machine-readable file to be placed on the website and accessible to providers of search engine services.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/jan/12/google-could-be-granted-copyright-immunity">Continue reading...</a>Rupert MurdochCharging for contentAggregatorsDigital mediaMediaGoogleYahooSearch enginesIntellectual propertyInternetTechnologyDigital Economy ActTue, 12 Jan 2010 11:37:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/jan/12/google-could-be-granted-copyright-immunityRobert Andrews2010-01-12T11:37:08ZTen years of technology: 2005https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/dec/21/technology-decade-2005
As the noughties come to a close, we take a look at the biggest technology stories of the decade - and how the Guardian reported them at the time<p>With just a few days to go until Christmas, we're continuing our countdown of the technology stories of the decade - and how the Guardian reported them.</p><p>Having done the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/11/technology-decade-2000">first</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/14/technology-decade-2001">five</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/15/technology-decade-2002">years</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/16/technology-decade-2003">last</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/dec/17/technology-decade-2004">week</a>, we're now into the last five years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/dec/21/technology-decade-2005">Continue reading...</a>eBaySkypeMyspaceRupert MurdochYahooBloggingCitizen mediaDigital music and audioAppleiTunesTechnologyInternetMergers, acquisitions and fundingMon, 21 Dec 2009 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/dec/21/technology-decade-2005Photograph: Phil McCarten/APRupert Murdoch and Tom Anderson, MySpace.comPhotograph: Phil McCarten/APRupert Murdoch and Tom Anderson, MySpace.comBobbie Johnson, technology correspondent2009-12-21T08:30:00ZTech Weekly podcast: Multimedia Murdoch - Google on paywalls and MySpace on musichttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/audio/2009/dec/08/matt-brittin-google-news-paywall-murdoch-myspace-courtney-holt
Matt Brittin from Google UK discusses the accusation that they steal Rupert Murdoch's news, while MySpace Music boss Courtney Holt explains plans for their new UK site<p>It's our 100th programme (that is, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/audio/2008/feb/01/tech.weekly.podcast">if you don't include this one</a>) and there's a definite Rupert Murdoch theme.</p><p>First we unpick the implications of Google's new '<a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-click-free-for-web-search.html">First Click Free</a>' plan - will it be enough to pacify the press baron, and what will it mean for the average reader's pocket? We'll be talking to Matt Brittin, head of Google UK, to find out.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/audio/2009/dec/08/matt-brittin-google-news-paywall-murdoch-myspace-courtney-holt">Continue reading...</a>Rupert MurdochGoogleNewspapersDigital mediaMyspaceDigital music and audioMusicTechnologyMediaMatt BrittinWed, 09 Dec 2009 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/audio/2009/dec/08/matt-brittin-google-news-paywall-murdoch-myspace-courtney-holtPhotograph: Jason Reed/ReutersRupert Murdoch. Photograph: Jason Reed/ReutersPhotograph: Jason Reed/ReutersRupert Murdoch. Photograph: Jason Reed/ReutersPresented by Susi Weaser and produced by Scott Cawley2009-12-09T00:01:00ZGoogle News changes are a bad way to cure a misdiagnosed problemhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/dec/02/google-news-changes
<p>Today's announcement by Google that it will <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/dec/02/google-online-news-rupert-murdoch">change the way that subscription content is listed in Google News</a> is nothing if not carefully timed. The internet's most powerful company hopes it can <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/09/murdoch-google">quieten some of the aggravation with newspaper groups</a> and shift the conversation about paywalls and <a href="http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/13/badda-bing-microsoft-woos-newspapers-by-funding-their-stick-to-beat-google/">potential collaboration with its rivals</a>.</p><p>But underneath the headlines, it's worth <a href="http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/update-to-first-click-free.html">unpacking the news</a> - because while some paywall-happy publishers may feel giddy at forcing Google's hand, the truth is that the changes are actually a limitation, not an expansion, of what they can do.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/dec/02/google-news-changes">Continue reading...</a>GoogleDigital mediaRupert MurdochCharging for contentNewspapersMagazinesInternetBusinessPaywallsWed, 02 Dec 2009 19:06:58 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/dec/02/google-news-changesPhotograph: PRPhotograph: PRBobbie Johnson, San Francisco2009-12-02T19:06:58ZBreakfast briefing: Google's double whammy and Murdoch's sucker punchhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/aug/06/breakfast-briefing
<p>• <strong>Google</strong> made waves by announcing the <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/ir_20090805.html">$106m deal to buy video technology company On2</a> (owners of codecs such as V6) - although it kept another piece of news down the agenda. Interesting analysis from <strong>GigaOm</strong> (<a href="http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/google-on2-deal/">"pay special attention to what Google does with On2 on Android"</a>) and Dan Rayburn of <strong>The Business of Video</strong> (who <a href="http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/08/debunking-some-more-myths-of-the-googleon2-deal.html">debunks a number of bits of speculation about the deal</a>). That news helped the company <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/05/google-radio-on2">squash the rather less positive announcement</a> that it was finally offloading its radio business - which was heralded as the future back in 2006 after a deal potentially worth $1.2bn (although almost certainly significantly less than that, given Google Radio's failure to live up to its targets).</p><p>• <strong>Rupert Murdoch</strong> put the cat among the pigeons too, by announcing that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-website-charges">all of the news websites in his vast empire would start charging for access soon</a>. Reaction? Predictably astonished: our own <strong>Jeff Jarvis</strong> says it merely <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-charging-for-content">opens the doors for free competitors</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/aug/06/breakfast-briefing">Continue reading...</a>GoogleDigital videoRupert MurdochInternetDigital mediaThu, 06 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2009/aug/06/breakfast-briefingBobbie Johnson, technology correspondent2009-08-06T05:00:00ZMurdoch's MySpace misunderstandinghttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/apr/04/murdochsmyspacemisunderstand
Last year Rupert Murdoch spent $580m on the internet site du jour - but can he ever recoup his money?<p>MySpace is the internet phenomenon du jour - a rapidly expanding social site where users hang out, make friends and listen to the bands they like. It's the online equivalent of a ringtone or a badge: a conspicuous display of personal preferences for today's teenager.</p><p>But last week, when it emerged that Rupert Murdoch's footsoldiers were purging the site of 200,000 user profiles, a lot of people wondered what it meant for the high-flying network.</p><p>MySpace is in trouble because of its size and rapid growth. As a result of this, there are so many conflicting practices that people are panicking. Even if your kid has a perfectly PG profile, the idea that s/he can hang out with R-rated ones is flipping people out.</p><p>Detractors will say the site will be hard to monetize, but then they said that about search engines and, before that, about portals. News Corp. does $20 billion in sales from its fleet of world-class media properties and has been on a recent Internet buying binge, which would seem to be paying off magnificently.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/apr/04/murdochsmyspacemisunderstand">Continue reading...</a>Newspapers & magazinesRupert MurdochTechnologyInternetMediaTechnology sectorBusinessDigital mediaTue, 04 Apr 2006 10:07:46 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/apr/04/murdochsmyspacemisunderstandBobbie Johnson, technology correspondent2006-04-04T10:07:46Z